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Holly Ringland joins us on the podcast this morning to discuss her enchanting debut novel, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart. The book which has had rave reviews, tells the story of Alice, the young daughter of an abusive father, who finds her strength with a little help from the language of native flowers, her grandmother and a beautiful pooch named Harry.
Podcast guest: Holly Ringland
Holly Ringland grew up wild and barefoot in her mother’s tropical garden in Northern Australia. When she was nine years old, her family lived in a camper van for two years in North America,travelling from one national park to another, an experience that sparked Holly’s lifelong interest in cultures and stories. In her twenties, Holly worked for four years in a remote Indigenous community in the central Australian desert. She moved to England in 2009 and obtained her MA in Creative Writing from the University of Manchester in 2011.
Duration: 22 mins
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